Were there endemic weaknesses which explain the defeat of the Third Reich? In the aftermath of the Second War‚ historians- their judgement clearer with the benefit of hindsight- have clamoured to give their accounts of why Hitler’s Third Reich was defeated‚ often pointing to structural failings within the state. Nazi Germany’s downfall was not inevitable‚ though‚ and indeed for over two years‚ between the summer of 1940 and autumn of 1942‚ the outcome of the war was far from certain. Yet‚ just
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attention;noteworthy.having particular meaning; indicative of something Explain how defeat in the Great War affected Germany between 1918 and 1923 In 1871 following defeat in the Franco-Prussian war Alsace-Lorraine and Prussia became part of Germany forming a bigger state. Germany had everything it needed after this including the second largest population in all of Europe and
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Why did the US find it impossible to defeat the Vietcong? (7) There were a number of problems facing US forces when fighting the war in Vietnam. Perhaps one of the biggest problems that they faced was the fact that the Vietcong were fighting using guerrilla tactics: fighting on a small scale‚ taking independent‚ irregular actions. The Vietcong depended on stealth‚ concealment‚ and surprise attacks and ambushes. Guerrilla warfare spread as Vietminh soldiers who were trained
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Wall-E “Irrational love defeats life’s programming.” This is a quote from Andrew Stanton‚ the director of Wall-E and it is pertaining to the storyline of Wall-E. Basically he means that love is powerful enough to conquer all things even the programming that society does on humans and machines. The movie’s main character is of course Wall-E‚ while his love interest has the name Eve. The two have been tasked the job of cleaning up a trash-filled earth. All humans now live in a spaceship so
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Robert E. Lee’s plan to defeat the Union army at Gettysburg consisted of sending James Longstreet First Corps to outflank the Union left at Little Round Top and Big Round Top. Lee wanted the attack to take place stealthily and he hoped the attack would roll up the Federal line‚ and force them to leave their defensive positions. Lee wanted the attack to take place during the early morning. As Longstreet’s men were marching toward their target they had to reverse and countermarch after it was discovered
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“Kings had always been involving and impoverishing their people in wars‚ pretending generally‚ if not always‚ that the good of the people was the object” – Abraham Lincoln. The Persian Wars were a series of destructive and malevolent battles which occurred in the time frame of 490B.C and 480 – 479B.C. The Greek victory over the Persians in the Persian Wars cannot be attributed to only one factor‚ more it was a commixture of factors. Such factors include unity‚ leadership‚ strategy‚ tactics and
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The revolutions of the 17th and 18th centuries played an important role in the development of democracy‚ however the Glorius Revolution of 1688 was the integral event that has shaped modern-day mass democracy. The Glorious‚ American and French Revolutions of 1688‚ 1776 and 1789 respectively‚ all played an essential role in the development of democracy. These events and the interdependent thinkers and philosophes‚ inspired the bourgeoisie to pursue and advocate a liberal political system that would
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the Labour government suffer an unexpected election defeat in 1970? In 1970‚ Harold Wilson’s Labour Government lost the general election to Ted Heath’s Conservatives. The Labour government had suffered economic problems (inherited from the previous Conservative government) throughout their time in office. Along with this; voters views of Wilson‚ problems with policy and awkward relations with the Trade Unions all contributed to the election defeat of 1970. Economically in the 1960’s‚ Labour and
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1. Call to adventure a. This that relates directly to the main character and developed him by making him a learned person and gave him experiences that are valuable and some great advice from his father. b. This step drove plot forward because he some very basic information about the task the character is about to face the future. c. This step came in the proper order as outlined in the handout d. This is an adaptation of the idea in the idea because it came after some detailed background introduction
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Why was the USA unable to defeat Communism in Asia between 1965-1973? The policy of containment in Asia was probably one of America’s worst executed political strategies of the last centaury. There were a number of fatal flaws that meant the USA could never really claim a total victory in the war. These reasons can be separated out into Military and Political reasons‚ these include events that were occurring thousands of miles away from the conflict zone. These failures culminated in a Peace with
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